Georgia's controversial hand count rule blocked by judge: 'Too much, too late'
A Georgia judge blocked the controversial hand count rule that was passed by the state's Republican-led State Election Board from going into effect, finding that the timing of the rule being passed just six weeks before Election Day is "quite wrong.
Judge McBurney Cites Jan. 6 as Reason for Stopping Georgia Hand Count Vote
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote that voters still have a memory of the January 6 riot at the Capitol, in which former President Donald Trump 's supporters tried to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden 's election win.
Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots
A judge enjoined election officials with a controversial new rule that would require the hand counting of ballots when polls close on Nov. 5.
Three weeks from the election, a Georgia judge reverses new voting rules
A Georgia judge deemed seven Republican-backed changes to the election code illegal, unconstitutional, and too last-minute to implement effectively. The State Election Board said the rules were aimed at countering potential voter fraud.
Judge invalidates election rules passed by Trump-backed board in Georgia
A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”
Georgia Judge Blocks Elections Rules Backed by Pro-Trump Republicans
A judge overturned changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board in August, in a case brought by a conservative group that argued the changes would disrupt voting rights ahead of the Nov.
'Too much, too late': Divisive Georgia ballot rule blocked by judge
A Georgia judge has halted a controversial new requirement for thousands of election workers to hand-count ballots in the November election.
Georgia judge blocks array of rules approved by pro-Trump election board
The ruling prevents implementation of a series of decisions that critics had said threatened to cause chaos in the battleground state this election season.
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Judge Rejects New Hand-Count Election Rule
A Fulton County Superior Court judge has blocked a new rule governing Georgia’s election requiring counties to hand-count the ...
Fulton County Judge Derails Georgia Election Board’s Last Minute Plans
A Fulton County judge this week handed down a pair of decisions that derailed, at least in part, the MAGA-controlled Georgia ...
Georgia judge blocks ballot counting rule and says county officials must certify election results
The State Election Board last month passed the rule requiring that three poll workers each count the paper ballots — not ...
Georgia election officials don't get to 'play investigator' and must certify results
Consequently, no election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify or ...
Brett Kavanaugh's Words Used to Thwart Last-Minute Georgia Voting Changes
A warning by Supreme Court judge Brett Kavanaugh that hand-counting ballots can lead to "chaos and confusion" has been used ...
'Litigation minefield': Georgia Republicans readying post-election legal strategy
Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon spoke with Fox News Digital about his party's legal strategy both before and after Election ...
Pro-Trump Republicans Suffer Crushing Loss Weeks Before Election
In his Tuesday night decision, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote that the initiative, driven by local ...
How a Kavanaugh opinion was used against a right-wing ballot move in Georgia
A Georgia trial judge blocked a late-breaking bid to hand-count ballots in the battleground state, citing Kavanaugh’s 2022 ...